A Bristol family have said they are “heartbroken” to be missing a family wedding after a freak lightening strike left them stranded at the airport.

Nigel Black, fiancée Hayley Curtiss and her 10-year-old daughter were excited to be heading to a beautiful Greek island for the wedding.

But the weather had other ideas. Now instead of sandy beaches and crystal blue seas, the family found themselves camped out at the Hilton Hotel off the M11.

There has been chaos all day at Stansted Airport after last night’s massive lightning storm knocked out the re-fueling system, causing massive delays and flight cancellations.

The family had been looking forward to the wedding for over a year

“We were supposed to get a Jet2 flight at 3.30 this afternoon but now it looks like we’re going to miss the wedding. Jet2 have been very unhelpful, we just got a text as we arrived at the airport saying our flight had been cancelled and we’d have to wait until 8.30am.